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  <h1>Accessibility Features in Eclipse</h1>
  <p>Accessibility features help people with a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, or
  those with special needs to use software products successfully. These are the major accessibility features in
  Eclipse:</p>
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    <li>Eclipse uses Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) APIs to render user interface elements accessible to
    assistive technology.</li>
    <li>You can operate all features using the keyboard instead of the mouse. See the related task.</li>
    <li>You can use screen-reader software such as Freedom Scientific's JAWS <sup>TM</sup> and a digital speech
    synthesizer to hear what is displayed on the screen. You can also use voice recognition software, such as IBM
    ViaVoice <sup>TM</sup> to enter data and to navigate the user interface.</li>
    <li>You can magnify what is displayed on your screen in the graphical views.</li>
    <li>Fonts and colors defined by Eclipse can be set using the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.ColorsAndFonts)")'>
    <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <strong>General &gt; Appearance &gt;
    Colors and Fonts</strong></a> preference page. See the related link.</li>
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  <p><strong>Note:</strong> The Accessibility features mentioned in this document apply to the Windows operating
  system.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="navigation.htm">Navigating the user interface using the
  keyboard</a><br>
  <a href="text_editor.htm">Accessibility features in textual editors</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related Reference</h3><a href="keyboardshortcuts.htm">Keys</a><br>
  <a href="fontsandcolors.htm">Font and color settings in Eclipse</a><br>
  <a href="../../reference/ref-7.htm">Accessibility preference page</a>
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